The arrival ModernismModernism is an artistic movement developed in the last decade of the 19th and the first decade of the 20th centuries. This movement is associated with the rejection to the conservative values of realism, or to the traditional styles of all kinds of art. Also, modernism born thanks to the newest thinking of the society of that time, and respond to the economic, politic and social changes brought by the consequences of the industrial revolution. This movement is characterized by the new trend in shapes that it brought to the architecture. Now the predominant shapes were not straight and rigid but now it presents simple forms with ornaments from structures and giving to the building a theme, predominate the organical and curved forms. Valencia (spain) is one of the cities that has the largest concentration of modernist architecture along its streets, you can see many buildings that have the features of this artistic movement, as well as the most renowned buildings and essential reference for anyone interested in the study of modernist architecture. For example: Casa Peris, Mercado Central or Casa Ortega. The importance of certain modernist buildings present in Spain, has transcended and influenced the development of the modernist trend in the rest of the world, some of them have been named World Heritage by UNESCO, highlighting the work of architects who have designed for example: AntoniGaudí is presented with "Casa Batlló" (Barcelona) or Hospital de Sant Pau designed by LluísDomènechiMontaner.
In conclusion, we can determinate that Modernism is a very important trend in all types of arts, representing a change from the classic forms to the new and modern ones, presenting curves and allusions to natural shapes. In architecture it provides a change that gives us some of the most important and beautiful buildings in history, which now adorn our cities representing the beginning of a trend that is here to stay and represents the roots of the architecture we develop today.
Valencia (spain) is one of the cities that has the largest concentration of modernist architecture along its streets, you can see many buildings that have the features of this artistic movement, as well as the most renowned buildings and essential reference for anyone interested in the study of modernist architecture. For example: Casa Peris, Mercado Central or Casa Ortega. The importance of certain modernist buildings present in Spain, has transcended and influenced the development of the modernist trend in the rest of the world, some of them have been named World Heritage by UNESCO, highlighting the work of architects who have designed for example: AntoniGaudí is presented with "Casa Batlló" (Barcelona) or Hospital de Sant Pau designed by LluísDomènechiMontaner.